Bakes for Breast Cancer dishes out desserts across Cape Cod

Friday

Help fight breast cancer by treating yourself to decadent desserts during the second annual Cape and Islands Bakes for Breast Cancer event Monday, June 5, through Sunday, June 11.

In Hyannis, Pain D’Avignon Café Boulangerie and a dozen other restaurants, bakeries and cafés are set to participate, as are approximately 200 restaurants, supermarkets, bakeries and cafes throughout Massachusetts, including all Roche Brothers locations.

Establishments have the option to designate all sales of one specific dessert or 50 percent of proceeds from their entire dessert menu to support breast cancer care and research. Proceeds raised will benefit the nonprofit breast cancer organization Bakes for Breast Cancer, which supports the research of Dr. Shom Goel at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Goel’s research focuses on combining immunotherapy and a promising new class of drugs, called CDK4/6 inhibitors, to more effectively treat breast cancer.

Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer was founded in 2000 by Carol Brownman Sneider in memory of her mother, Eva Brownman, who lost her battle with breast cancer. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $1 million. Cape and Islands Bakes for Breast Cancer was started a year ago as a way to create awareness in a community greatly affected by breast cancer.

For more information, a list of participating establishments, or to learn more about how to become involved in Cape & Islands Bakes for Breast Cancer, visit www.bakesforbreastcancer.org, or follow Bakes for Breast Cancer on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Bakes for Breast Cancer

Bakes for Breast Cancer, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. Through dessert-oriented events, Bakes for Breast Cancer has created a “sweet” way to raise money for a disease that touches so many women and men. Funds raised help conduct basic and translational research, as well as clinical trials, with the hope of eliminating all deaths from breast cancer, and, ultimately, eradicating the disease.

About Cape & Islands Bakes for Breast Cancer

Cape & Islands Bakes for Breast Cancer is a sweet and delicious way to raise “dough” for breast cancer research and care. From June 5 to 11, restaurants, bakeries, and cafés throughout Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket will participate by designating all sales of one specific dessert, or 50 percent of proceeds from their entire dessert menu, to breast cancer care and research. Proceeds from the 2nd annual event will benefit Bakes for Breast Cancer, Inc., a non-profit breast cancer organization dedicated to funding local breast cancer researchers and clinicians. For a list of participating establishments please visit www.bakesforbreastcancer.org.

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